Executive summary Australia's coast is vast and diverse. It is the sixth largest of any nation,
and contains a variety of habitat types, including sandy beaches and dunes, rocky shores …

Poses dam in the Seine River estuary acts as receptacle of water drain-offs from highly
urbanized and industrialized catchment area; therefore, this water is highly contaminated by …

Purpose Acid sulfate soils (ASS) are common in wetlands and can pose an environmental
threat when they dry because oxidation of pyrite may cause strong acidification. Addition of …

The increased use of estuarine waters for commercial and recreational activities is one
consequence of urbanisation. Western Australia's Peel-Harvey Estuary highlights the …

Iron monosulfides are the initial iron sulfide minerals that form under reducing conditions in
organic-rich sediments. Frequently referred as monosulfidic black ooze (MBO), these …

Executive summary Despite its catchment being subjected to substantial anthropogenic
modification to support agriculture and urban development, Toby Inlet is highly valued by the …

Objectives Acid sulfate soils (ASS) are soils that are either acidic (due to the generation of
sulfuric acid and formation of sulfuric material), or have the potential to generate sulfuric acid …

On-line flash pyrolysis, micro-scale sealed vessel (MSSV) pyrolysis and catalytic
hydropyrolysis (HyPy) were used to characterise the insoluble, macromolecular organic …

Accumulation of sulfidic sediments in freshwater environments is a relatively recent
phenomenon and an emerging environmental issue. In the present study, benthic sediments …

A large number of areas around the world have been affected by soil acidity (normally pH<
5.5) due to natural and anthropogenic-driven effects. Soil acidification is one of the major …